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COMPOSITION STUDDING.

Specification of Letters Intent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Application filed December 23, 1909. Serial No. 534,805.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Omvna M. Knobs, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Chicago, in the count-y of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Composition Studdmg, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates in general to a studding adapted to take the place of the ordi nary wooden beams or studding and to which laths, composition wall or plaster boards may be secured.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide a light and cheap studdmg construction, yet strong and durable, capable of resisting tire, and into which nails may be driven and held.

A further object of my invention is to provide a studding that will not Warp and which may be easily manufactured.

To accomplish the foregoing ends, my improved studding consists of parallel slats having blocks interposed therebetween and embedded in a composition material to wholly cover said slats and blocks.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l. is a side elevational View of my improved studding. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of my improved studd-ing with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, (Fig. 4 representing my improved stndding at substantially its normal size.)

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, my invention comprises two or more substantially parallel wooden slats 5, which are generally about sixteen feet long, two inches wide, one-half inch thick and are s aced apart about one inch. Spacing b ocks 6 are interposed between the slats at suitable distances, and are secured thereto by means of suitable nails 'T passing through the slats 5 and through the blocks 6. The purpose and function of the blocks are, first, tospace the slats at an equal distance apart; second, to strengthen and stiii'en the studding as a whole` and third, to act as a locking means to prevent any possible move ment between the slats and the covering or body thereof, which will be hereinafter described.

After the slats have been suitably spaced aart and secured together by means of the b ocks 6, the same are placed within a mold and embedded in a plastic or composition n'laterial to form an outer covering or body 8.

The studding as a-whole may be of the usual rectangu ar or square shape, but of course the same may be made 1n various forms.

Each studding comprises the parallel slats spaced apart by means of the blocks and the bod),y ort-ion 8. The material composing the bof y portion may consist of any nt' the usual reproong compositions, such as hydraulic cement, lime or concrete, but I preferably empio a mixture of plaster of paris and some ti tous material, mixed with a suicientamount of moisture to give the righteonsistency, whereby the -sanie will harden when dry.

A studdin compod solely of a mixture of plaster o paris and brous materia-l, or as a matter of fact, any composition material 'of like character, has not sulieient tensile strength to hold a nail and will invariably crack or powder when a nail is driven therein. Therefore, the fibrous or wooden slats 5, capable of holding a nail, are embedded Within such plastic material and when the studding is applied to its intended place it is so positioned that the dat surface of the slats will be in substantially a arallel position relative to the side walls ci) a room or building, whereby a nail, to hold the laths, plaster board, or other like materials, will pass through the cody material and enter either one or both of the slats 5.

'liile I have herein described the slats and blocks as being composed of wood, it is of course obvious that they may consist of any fibrous material, or any other material, in fact, into which a nail may he driven and held therein.

I do not wish it to be undeistood that I am limited to any particular dimensions as to length, width or spacing of the slats, as herein stated, as it is obvious` that the studding mav be made of any desired dimensions and the blocks may be nia-de of any desired width, according to the spacing desired and may also be arranged at equal or unequal distances a aart., and therefore without confining myse f to the articular construction herein shown and escribed,

I claim:

1. A st'mlding comprising parallel slats,

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n said slaps and senmterul embedding said sluts und forming d e body materiel embedthe body of the studding when set, substan- Stiidfeli.V d'olmin the'body uf the tully ne described. stu ding, Substantially as escrlbed. OLIVER M. KNODE.

2. A studding comprising parallel wouden Witnesses:

sluts, reinforcmg blocks arranged between R. C. ELLIOTT,

said slutseand secured thereto and a. plastic C. R. Bmnsm'. 

